πagarwalmath · 2nd grade · Common Core 2.MD.B.5
🎀 Length stories
Length story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A blue rope is 77 inches long. A green rope is 35 inches shorter. How long is the green rope?
Answer: ______________ inches
2A rope is 88 feet long. A string is 85 feet long. How much longer is the rope?
Answer: ______________ feet
3Comet Kim cut 34 meters off a ribbon. Now the ribbon is 16 meters long. How long was it at first?
Answer: ______________ meters
4Ollie the Owl builds a train of blocks 88 cm long, then adds 12 cm more. How long is the train now?
Answer: ______________ cm
5Rocket Raj cut 24 meters off a ribbon. Now the ribbon is 46 meters long. How long was it at first?
Answer: ______________ meters
6Sam cut 10 meters off a ribbon. Now the ribbon is 16 meters long. How long was it at first?
Answer: ______________ meters
7Penny the Panda builds a train of blocks 55 feet long, then adds 19 feet more. How long is the train now?
Answer: ______________ feet
8Captain Nova has a ribbon 33 inches long and cuts off 15 inches. How long is the ribbon now?
Answer: ______________ inches
9Comet Kim builds a train of blocks 73 inches long, then adds 64 inches more. How long is the train now?
Answer: ______________ inches
10Zoe builds a train of blocks 14 cm long, then adds 11 cm more. How long is the train now?
Answer: ______________ cm
11A rope is 60 inches long. A string is 46 inches long. How much longer is the rope?
Answer: ______________ inches
12Sam builds a train of blocks 43 inches long, then adds 22 inches more. How long is the train now?
Answer: ______________ inches
Answer key: Length stories
- 1. 42 inches
- 2. 3 feet
- 3. 50 meters
- 4. 100 cm
- 5. 70 meters
- 6. 26 meters
- 7. 74 feet
- 8. 18 inches
- 9. 137 inches
- 10. 25 cm
- 11. 14 inches
- 12. 65 inches
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